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Topic: 6" Black Series Wave 1 (2013 Wave 1) (Read 17579 times)

I think WalMart's decision to not pick up the 6" line has the potential to be really damaging to Hasbro/Star Wars. They are the number 1 toy retailer in the country. But I think that WalMart's still got a bad taste in their mouth from the whole Discover the Force line of 2012. And I think they may play hardball with Hasbro at least until Episode VII comes out.

It may just be my area, but these are starting to pile up a little bit - at least at our local stores. I primarily check Target, since I work there anyways, and they've since reset a bit so that there is one "space" on the shelf for it (one wide), and they are full all the way to the back of the aisle with this wave. None seem to be too tough to find, although the Sandtrooper does disappear the most (Darth Maul 2nd). Luke seems to be the shelfwarmer if any of them are. Our TRU has also had a full set sitting on the pegs for awhile now. It was mentioned earlier, but I think the price dropping more in the $15-17 range would help some too. I think they have sold well, but things are slowing a bit. Either that, or this is the rare example of part of a SW line actually shipping regularly as well. We haven't seen that in awhile.

Yep, all good points, I'm noticing the same thing around here too. I think another concern is hasbro's tendency to overproduce the first wave of any new line. Plus these have been out for months now. Wave 2 Should have followed closer behind. Neca and mcfarlane seem to get this, I rarely see their stuff peg warming. Hasbro is still behind the learning curve on this, you can't run a 6" line like 3&3/4"line.

I can't say I really care all that much though, I like the line but don't feel as personally invested in it the way I did with the clone wars line. It's not going to bum me out if they mismanage this into the ground too.

I finally opened my Sandie. I really like the looks of the 6" line. My only disappointment is that his lower legs (shins) seem to point in towards each other and since the knees are ball jointed, I can't rectify it (the feet do but then they don't line up well with the armor).